#japan

I am always fascinated at how games go from the planning stage to a released form. The different changes and difficulties in creating the entertainment that we love can sometimes make for dramatic underdog stories. You can also just have a ...

This week sees the first ever EVO Japan fighting game tournament take place in Tokyo. Not that it has seen much pomp and circumstance, with little marketing, reports or Western media coverage leading up to the event. That hasn't stopped the...

Speaking in an interview with Japanese publication Dengeki PlayStation, Producer Toshimichi Mori had various things to say about Arc System Works' upcoming crossover fighter BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, particularly pertaining to the game's ...

The more I see of Hokuto ga Gotoku, Sega's upcoming Fist of the North Star game helmed by Ryu ga Gotoku studio, the more I want it. This latest trailer (taken from a livestream) better shows off how the combat flows and even gives us a smal...

Sony Japan are really pumping out the Limited Edition PS4 consoles lately, with Hokuto ga Gotoku, Monster Hunter: World, Valkyria Chronicles and other games getting their very own versions of the (typically) black box.Now you can add The Ca...

It has been quite some time since we last heard about Thatgamecompany's Sky. I forgot it was even working on a new game, let alone a mobile one. I've associated the company with Sony for the better part of a decade thanks to its PS3 works. ...

Now that the Nintendo Labo cat is out of the bag, various videos have been making the rounds, but this one stands out the most out of all the ones I've seen so far.
Evidently back in October of last year, a Twitter user by the name of ...

The trophy/achievement list for Monster Hunter: World has leaked a few days ahead of the game's release, and it indicates what we probably could've guessed: It's going to take a serious time commitment to get them all.
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We don't know much about Final Fantasy VII Remake, despite the fact that it was announced in 2014. Although director Tetsuya Nomura has wanted to show us more, including additional video footage, Square has denied his requests -- presumably...

Series' producer Warren Ellis has announced that the second season of Netflix' Castlevania anime will be screened this Summer, exclusively on the paid-television service. The second season will also double its episode count from four to eig...

It seems with any new game coming out in Japan, there is a themed PS4 console to go along with it. If you're a fan of Valkyria Chronicles and are eagerly awaiting the upcoming 4, why not import this garish looking beast? Beauty is in the ey...

Hatsune Miku's second foray in virtual reality is your first chance to dance alongside her. Whereas Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live put you in the crowd for one of her concerts, this new venture is more about mimicking her moves.
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Sony Japan have released another commercial for Capcom's upcoming Monster Hunter: World featuring their regular advertising star, Takayuki Yamada. It is suitably daft, in keeping with previous ads.Yamada, looking dapper as always, does his ...

Numbers don't lie. Okay sometimes they do, but in this case, they likely don't.
Nintendo has provided a full list of top-earners on the Switch eShop for both Japan and the rest of the world, and it's a pretty interesting set of info. For on...

Nippon Ichi, the company behind the cult classic Disgaea, announced in a stream this morning that the original game would be getting an HD Remake for its 15th anniversary. For those unfamiliar, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness came out in 2003 on ...

Yakuza 6 is only a few short months away from us, so Sega is ramping up the hype train with some trailers. In this first one, we get a look at some of the various mini-games that will populate Kamurocho and Hiroshima. I'm particularly in lo...

With cross-network play starting to become a standard in gaming, I could definitely see how many people were assuming Dark Souls Remastered might include the option. While Sony would rather flip off the world, Nintendo and Microsoft have al...

Marvelous have released a new trailer for the upcoming Senran Kagura Burst: Re:Newal, featuring everyone's favorite large-chested shinibo from the Hanzo and Hebijo Academies, losing their clothes in various ways while in heated combat.
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Square Enix have announced a live stream, to be held tomorrow, featuring new news and video for Secret of Mana, the upcoming remake of the 1993 SNES classic.The live stream will feature interviews with key developers from both the original ...

Sega have opened a countdown site teasing an upcoming announcement. The site features a huge ornate clock, ticking away, in a cloud-based atmosphere. The countdown is scheduled to end on January 19 at 15:00 JST.There are some clues here: th...

TV programmes, films, books and games give us the opportunity to explore distant worlds without even having to leave the comfort of our own bedrooms; they also allow us to see representations of countries and towns that we wouldn't be able ...

She hides the game because she loves you. She wants you to grow up to become a lawyer or doctor, certainly not someone who plays video games. Mom Hid My Game! isn't simply a game, it's a life lesson we should all take into consideration whi...

Earlier this morning, Sega debuted an entire hour of gameplay from the upcoming Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star title, currently in development from Yakuza Studio.The lengthy footage shows series protagonist Kenshiro doing what his doe...

Arc System Works have released a little more detail on their upcoming mobile title BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War, which is coming to iOS and Android in Japan later this year.The game was first announced with a teaser site back in August of...

If you were envious of Europe's Dark Souls trilogy vinyl set, you might explode when you see what's on the horizon in Japan. (Thankfully, I'm still glowing from today's news so I'm not too bothered.)
Bandai Namco is putting together a Dark ...

Just an ignorable request, Dtoid Is it possible for the inbox icon to have notifications on incoming messages? While the email notifications are nice, it would be better if we can see the notifications from this site, in my

Girlfriend read somewhere that reading stories is a good way to bond with our WIP baby, so Ive started reading Alice in Wonderland, 1 chapter a day, and today the first time via phone Just ended chapter Here is how I feel every time afterwards:

We cant interrupt calls at work if we are mid-call when our shift is over, so I got out 11:20PM, 20 min later than usual and missed my But due to the magic of Daylight Saving Time ending, I got home at 11:07, a lot earlier than usual! It a miracle!